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Abaya Lacus
Lake on Titan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Abaya Lacus is one of a number of hydrocarbon lakes found on Saturn's largest moon, Titan.[1]
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![]() Titan's "kissing lakes", Abaya Lacus, as viewed by Cassini's synthetic aperture radar. | |
Feature type | Lacus |
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Coordinates | 73.2°N 45.6°W / 73.2; -45.6 |
Diameter | 65 km[note 1] |
Eponym | Lake Abaya |
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The lake is composed of liquid methane and ethane,[2] and was detected by the Cassini space probe.
Abaya Lacus is located at coordinates 73.17°N and 45.55°W on Titan's globe and is 65 km in length.[note 1] It is named after Lake Abaya in Ethiopia.[1]